Dolphins at Monkey Mia

Shark Bay (4 - 7 August)

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August 9th 2008
On the way into Shark Bay, we stopped for lunch at Hamelin Pool and had a look at the Stromatolites (world's oldest living fossils) and also a quarry, where the Hamelin Coquina, compacted cockle shells, can be cut into blocks (similar to concrete BESA blocks) and used as walls in building structures - there are a couple of examples in the Shark Bay area but the blocks are now only cut to maintain ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Shark Bay

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more